We are having so much fun making our new Jargon Journal units and the feedback from you guys has been wonderful. Click here to read more about the importance of vocabulary instruction. Click here to read more about the Jargon Journal program. We have a bundle of Christmas units in the
We are so excited about the great feedback we're getting from you about our new interactive vocabulary notebook, the Jargon Journal! If you were wondering, we WILL be releasing more units going forward so you should always have plenty to choose from if you decide to implement this program. Be
 Words are not just words. They are the nexus—the interface—between communication and thought. When we read, it is through words that we build, refine, and modify our knowledge. What makes vocabulary valuable and important is not the words themselves so much as the understandings they afford. –Marilyn Jager Adams
Above vocabulary foldable courtesy of Laura Candler Why teach vocabulary? There’s no hyperbole in saying: Vocabulary is the best single indicator of intellectual ability and an accurate predictor of success at school. — W.B. Elley Vocabulary matters. It really, really matters. In a recent study, researchers took a look at
Ha ha! The joke's on us! We didn't get this posted in time for April Fool's day fun, but hopefully you can get some use out of it regardless. It's a homophone riddle book for your little jokers to complete. Print the pages, cut in half, and staple in order.
Veterans Day resources are hard to come by! So I made my own. It's a printable book that discusses Veterans Day AND Remembrance Day for our friends in Canada, Australia, and Britain (although I did keep the date as November 11 instead of 11 November 🙂 ). You can download
One of my favorite Thanksgiving poems is a short one from Jack Prelutsky. If turkeys thought, they'd run awayA week before Thanksgiving Day.But turkeys can't anticipate,And so there's turkey on my plate. I introduce this poem to the students by showing it on the board or a chart and reading
